News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Antonio Walthour (28, Clarksville, TN) was sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Walthour pleaded guilty on Jan. 16, 2020.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul reintroduced the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) Act to authorize an interagency program to strengthen counterterrorism operations and better coordinate U.S. assistance to address rising extremism.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Today, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Roberto Carlos Leon-Garcia, 47, of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, with being an alien in possession of a firearm and being a previously deported alien found in the United States, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that numerous local law enforcement officers have been presented awards at the United States Court House in the Western District of Louisiana. Law enforcement professionals from the Louisiana State Police, Shreveport Police...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on GLORIA NAVARRO, age 47, of Loganville, Georgia, was sentenced by United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo on Jan. 27, 2021 after previously pleading guilty to drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Mexican national charged with coordinating shipments for an international drug trafficking organization that planned to smuggle tens of millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico for eventual sale in the United States has been extradited from Canada and is scheduled to be arraigned today on federal narcotics charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Department of Justice Announces Arrests in Conspiracy and Dog Fighting Ring Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa man pleaded guilty this morning to drug conspiracy, felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Crews from the Bureau of Land Management will be burning piles of brush, limbs and small juniper trees at various locations in northeast Lassen County during the winter and spring. Smoke could be visible from the Ravendale and Termo areas and along the U. S. Highway 395 corridor.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: House Appropriations Committee and Labor-Education-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee Chair Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) released the following statement on President Biden’s executive actions promoting reproductive health in the United States and around the world.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: A new edition of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) Site Management Guide (SMG) is now available online.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: NOAA’s satellite fleet, renowned for being the backbone of weather forecasts, also played a pivotal role in rescuing 304 people from potentially life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters in 2020 through other capabilities that fly on these satellites.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN-United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded a total of $152,430 in Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant funds to local partners for the year 2021. The PSN grant program works to reduce and prevent violent crime by supporting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced its participation in a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to disrupt and take down the infrastructure of the malware and botnet known as Emotet. Additionally, officials in Lithuania, Sweden, and Ukraine assisted in this major cyber investigative action.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC-Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today announced the selection of committee leaders for the 117th Congress.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: A federal jury has convicted a prison inmate of attacking a Bureau of Prisons employee, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today would prevent the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking back disaster assistance funds that it mistakenly awarded to victims who applied for assistance in good faith and utilized that money to help rebuild their lives. A similar version of the bill (H.R. 5953 in the 116th Congress) previously passed the House by voice vote on November 17th last year.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
Release: This week, the United States conducted virtual training with partners from Estonia to help national security policy-makers, first responders, and scientific leaders counter, respond to, and investigate assassinations involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD). This is part of a series of initiatives the Department of State plans to hold across Europe.
